When the dust settles on comprehensive immigration reform and it becomes the law of the land, people might look back on this week as one of the most significant.

The developments were constant.

On Wednesday a video surfaced of Speaker Boehner being challenged by two teenage DREAMers about the House inaction on CIR. Hours after the release of the video, Boehner made it clear that the he had no intentions of taking up the Senate bill in the House. The day ended with Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R – FL) releasing a statement pushing back against the Speaker and encouraging him to take up CIR this year.

On Thursday, Vice President Biden delivered the keynote address at a naturalization ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change in Atlanta, GA. A portion of his address was dedicated to responding to Speaker Boehner’s comments about not going to conference with the Senate Bill saying, “I am extremely disappointed that the Speaker of the House of Representatives announced yesterday that he will not allow the process to work, he will not allow the House to play by the fair play, the American way, and let Congress actually vote their conscience to fix a broken system.”

He went on to say that Speaker Boehner’s remarks were a “step backward in the history of the country” and left the new American citizens with the following call to action, “Don’t pull the ladder up behind you now that you’ve climbed on board, there’s millions of people who are already acting as decent Americans that deserve a chance, deserve a path to earn the way.”

One could reasonably expect expect that the 104 newly added American citizens in attendance would have this speech in mind when they go to vote for the first time in 2014. Not to mention their friends and family in attendance, a fact that a growing number of GOP members are starting to realize.

Case in point, Rep. Jeff Denham (R – CA), who was the first member of the House GOP to jump on board and support the Senate Bill, claimed on Thursday that there are still members of his party ready to publicly support it, which would be a very wise move for at least 20 Republican incumbents in 20 competitive districts.

On Tuesday, Basswood Research released a poll led by Republican pollster Jon Lerner that showed voters of 20 swing districts consider immigration reform a top priority and want to see it done. In the districts polled 70% considered fixing the broken immigration system “very important” and 77% of voters consider an “imperfect solution” better than no solution at all.

One of the districts polled belonged to Rep. Jeff Denham.

Though an end to the debate about comprehensive immigration reform might not be in sight, it is clear the debate to see it done will continue.

Keep posted to see what next week will bring.